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And that's fair, but...if you're gonna cover him one of those things, please cover him on the other stuff, too... There are also the vague, totally unsubstantiated reports of him converting to Islam... All of it just really makes me hate the media so very much.

Kaepernick also had other complaints, including about mental health and (poor) treatment of veterans(?*) and the complete jokes that are our presidential nominees...that lead to his shenanigans, but those were never reported by the media. They only reported the stuff that would make him look as bad as possible to the majority of other NFL players and fans: the contentious BLM stuff. As should be obvious by now, I have total contempt for the NFL as an organization and NFL media in general, but they somehow managed to make me feel even more after learning just a little more about the situation and noticing the complete lack of coverage of his side of the story, coverage that might have softened people's views toward him at least just a little. *O.K., I admit, even I sorta skimmed all that he was talking about...the overall point still stands, though, that it wasn't some stupid, single-note complaint leading to such silly grandstanding.

am assuming you read, but you observing lack o' detail seems to miss the point. the article notes that that there ain't a whole lotta substantive money issues to be argued over 'tween player and a team precise 'cause o' the cba. but yeah, unless you were in the room with bosa's folks and the chargers, the only details 'bout the signing bonus you is gonna have is the the ones the chargers released regarding the deal they claim bosa rejected... so... is not all that complicated, and delayed signing bonuses is kinda ordinary 'cross industries. yes, the cba makes bosa options different than those available to an accountant or attorney or engineer, but that is 'cause the nfl rookie pay is resulting from a C. B. A. that the freaking players agreed to. wanna discuss anti-trust with enoch? be our guest. HA! Good Fun! Sorry, I may not have made this very clear from the previous post, but I've tried to keep very up to date on the situation, and so all the "there isn't much to argue about in the first place thanks to the CBA" was very old info to me, hence why I didn't really get much out of it being repeated in the WaPo article. In regards to the negotiation, the NFL is a complete and utter joke for keeping things secret...but it's also a joke for reporting things accurately - see early claims from the media originating from "anonymous NFL sources" that ended up being complete baloney. From what I remember being reported and talked about in the early days of the situation, though, the Chargers were initially offering extremely poor signing bonus percentages (I think it was right about half of the maximum, either a little higher or a little lower), and did not offer the expected offset language going with such a poor signing bonus - that's all Bosa was asking for, one or the other, as would be absolutely typical for where he was drafted. Then they refused to talk or negotiate with Bosa at all for about two weeks straight...and then finally came up with that "take it or we'll take it back" offer, which still did not offer as much of a signing bonus percentage (I think it was then 85%) combined with, again, not having any of offset stuff, causing Bosa to (at least somewhat rightfully) reject it. That final offer was much closer to what should've been normal, but still just not quite there...but what was absolutely asinine was them cutting off negotiations entirely for so stinking long after rejecting their absurd initial offers - which in themselves were insulting enough - and then the "we take it back" crap for that final offer. So, ultimately, I just have zero sympathy whatsoever for the Chargers organization - all of my sympathy rests entirely with Bosa and Chargers fans. Yeah, of that stuff reported might have been nonsense...but given the contract that ultimately got done (as well as what we knew about the "take it or we'll take it back" offer), it seems to more or less fit.

It sounds like Teddy Bridgewater has suffered some sort of serious leg injury and may be out for the season. They called an ambulance to cart him off the field...

The entire point of the comic, I feel, is about what's standard in a given industry for a given position (and accounting for specific context, such as being a top "prospect" and thus typically deserving better than lesser prospects), not necessarily about specific details across industries themselves. Hmm, fair? Eh...regardless of its fairness, it's ultimately rather worthless, since it gave little actual specific details on the negotiating situation itself nor very much about precedent with other players, but rather more concerned itself with covering the general details and background for someone not familiar with this sort of situation or why the situation arose to begin with. The only specific details it really covered was parroting the line the Chargers PR trotted out about how it was "the highest initial signing bonus"...and then failed to mention the other major point of contention, the offset language. It also failed to mention how badly the Chargers lowballed him at the start, and how bloody long it took for them to start giving him even halfway decent offers. Instead, to counter, it really only mentioned how Bosa's agency vaguely called out the Chargers for being deceptive and misleading towards the public, and failed to provide any sort of insight on why that might be. I don't know, that doesn't seem that compelling of an argument in regards to fairness...but uh, I guess at least the tone of the article attempted to sound fair vs all the media idiots who immediately and mindlessly piled on Bosa, I suppose.

On Bosa's holdout..:

that self-reply, hahaha

RIP Gene Wilder.

heeeeeeeeeeeeey bosa signed From what I'm reading, the chargers seemed to cave a little more than they did with their last best offer. Guess Bosa didn't feel like missing out on like an extra ten million dollars if he waited to get drafted next year. Fair enough - he put up a pretty good fight.

yeah, I misread what you said, mainly because I haven't slept in about...20 hours. shrug. personally, it took watching many episodes for the type of humor to sink in and become acclimated to, so again, I can perfectly understand why many would not like it. it's a hard inquiry to answer fully. the show, for its particular niche genre, is quite honestly rather mild by today's standards. that's actually one of the things that I like about it - unlike more modern shows of its kind, like sunny in philadelphia, it doesn't go so far over the edge of "normal" that I find it difficult to stomach like those other shows. but in regards to your original question, like I said, it's not something I can really answer.

also, I would struggle to say that seinfeld itself created a "humor gap". that's strictly on its watchers, not the show itself. anyways, I mean, a more prudent question for seinfeld would not be "what is wrong with the people on this show", but rather "what is NOT wrong with the people on this show".

because it's stupid and hilarious not that I don't understand not liking it, but ultimately, if I find something enjoyable, it matters very little what others, even entire other demographics, think of it

shady i have faith in thee you can be a better man be the man you always wanted to be or at least the man you think you should probably be, ya' psycho

The only time I can ever seriously envisioning myself being happy that another player has been injured is when they have consistently attempted to hurt others. Brandon Meriweather, with his long history of headhunting...was headhunting Eddie Lacy in a...2013 game, I think it was, and then attempted to do so on our backup RB right after after Lacy was taken out of the game for a concussion caused by Meriweather. He ended up concussing himself instead. Have a little empathy, man.

Seriously? ._.

His back has been a ticking timebomb for a few years now...although it didn't actually break in the way expected in regards to his previous injuries, so uh...maybe that's good?

@Kirottu: Another PSU option, if you haven't already purchased, would be the Corsair Vengeance series. 5 year warranty, semi-modular, incredibly dominant performance for a bronze series, and supposed to be a good price. It's a very new series (having come out this year), and is supposed to just absolutely blow away the competition at its price point. According to johnnyguru, its power efficiency numbers are more similar to silver and gold units, not bronze units, too. I would've mentioned it before now, but I was not aware of its existence since this "Vengeance" series is apparently Europe-only, and the North American variant is very poorly marketed. (For those of us in North America, this new series has unfortunately been relabeled as the new "CX-M" series - it is distinct from the previous and well-known CX/CXM series that are popular for being pretty much the lowest quality you should ever go for a decent price, and is far superior.)

Yeah, Sleep is insanely powerful even in BG1. The majority of a hundred kobolds all with bows are thus rendered completely powerless with a single Sleep spell. (e): Actually, what the heck - Sleep in BG1 is even more powerful than I thought. I use the Spell Revisions version of it, but it's honestly more powerful in vanilla BG1 than in Spell Revisions - a -3 penalty to the save, and 5 rounds per level!? That's ridiculous. Its only weakness is that it becomes mostly useless during the latter half of BG1 and totally useless in BG2 due to it not affecting creatures level 5 or higher. In Spell Revisions, it's limited to 5 rounds flat, does not penalize the save...but works on creatures of higher level. In theory, this makes it sorta usable for higher levels, but not really in practice. The vanilla version, though, is insanely powerful and pretty much uncounterable for the first half of BG1.

what the hell was that some chiefs defensive player just like near freaking totally deliberately broke connor shaw (bears' backup QB) leg in half that was brutal

What a shame.

In contrast, I used to be just merely O.K. with Miriam in Raiders...but the more times I'd seen the movie, the more I loathed her. Willie from Temple of Doom, on the other hand, was incredibly annoying the first few times I watched the movie...but after more rewatches over the years, I actually grew to like her the best out of the lot, and I actually like Temple of Doom the best out of the three movies.

I really like some elements of that movie (...I have a little bit of a soft spot for classic Bruce Willis action flicks), but I also really dislike others. It's really hard for me to sit through the entire thing as a result. 12 Monkeys is more my kind of jam, to be honest.

But...I mean, I don't really get how that's clearly "mixed signals". She hung out for a while - so what? Do friends not ever see each other off when they leave? Do friends not ever hang around to talk for a bit? To me, this all seems like pretty normal, spur-of-the-moment stuff that people, friends, whatever can do depending upon the situation and what's going on. I get your frustration, and I'm not trying to say it's like invalid or anything, but, I mean, I gotta chalk this one up to two people simply not being on the same page in regards to their relationship with one another. Gotta move on if it doesn't suit you, all there is to it,

It can be a little difficult to be totally honest with your intentions in regards to somebody when you know it might very well hurt and/or offend them...particularly when you're really trying not to do that, isn't it? Probably why people, including this person, generally prefer to send "mixed signals" instead of just always saying the truth outright.

By the same token, if you don't want to be friends with someone, you can just tell them or even merely just begin to ignore them, too.